Biomedical subjects

G J Neimeyer

Publications and source records attributed to G J Neimeyer.

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PubMed1990

Identity status and self-construct systems: process X structure interactions.

This study investigated the relationship between identity status and structural dimensions of individuals' self-theories or personal construct systems. The sample was composed of 31 Achievers, 31 Moratoriums, 30 Foreclosures, and 26 Diffusions. Participants completed a modified version of Kelly's (1955) Role Construct Repertory test designed to assess their personal sense of integrative continuity over time. Status differences in self-construct differentiation, integration, and self-certainty were analyzed. Results indicated that Moratoriums and Diffusions had the highest self-construct differentiation. Achievers were the most self-certain in their ratings, Diffusions the least. Status differences in self-theory integration were found, but only when a qualitative, structural analysis of levels of self-construct differentiation and integration was performed. No sex effects were found. Results are discussed as replicating and extending previous work in the area, and future research directions are noted.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1988

Identity status and personal construct systems.

The relationship between identity status and the structural features of an individual's personal construct system or self-theory was investigated. Personal constructs relevant to 10 contemporaneous roles (myself as a friend, student, son/daughter, and so on) were elicited from 75 late adolescents who also completed an identity-status measure. Correlational analyses between identity-status scores and structural features of the self-system revealed a theoretically interpretable pattern of interrelationships. The implications of these findings for future research is considered.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1986

The impact of structural family therapy training on conceptual and executive therapy skills.

The importance of empirical evaluations of family therapy training is gaining increased recognition. This study reports the results of a controlled assessment of a training seminar in structural family therapy. Changes in the conceptual and executive skills of 44 therapy trainees (22 family trainees and 22 controls) were assessed over a 16-week period using repertory grid and videotaped therapy simulation techniques. Results indicated significant conceptual gains in family therapy trainees, but only among those with little previous exposure to family training. Differences in the overall number as well as the type of interventions were also noted. Results generally supported the predicted impact of therapy training, but left unanswered questions regarding the unique impact of family therapy training over individual training. These qualifications are discussed and directions for future work are highlighted.

Adult↗

PubMed1977

A personal construct approach to perception of disclosure targets.

Investigating the perception of targets for self-disclosure from the perspective of the psychology of personal constructs, it was predicted that respondents from a mixed-nationality group would (a) characterize friends more than acquaintances in terms of 'superordinate' personality-descriptive dimensions, (b) 'differentiate' friends more than acquaintances by extensive application of constructs to them, and (c) 'polarize' targets for high disclosure by construing them sharply and meaningfully in terms of personally significant dimensions of meaning. All predictions received significant support for 34 college students (Mdnage 22 yr.) who responded in writing to a questionnaire. The results suggest the fruitfulness of further examining self-disclosure and friendship formation from a vantage point which emphasizes the perceptual and interpretive framework of an adult person.

Adolescent↗